Compensation of employees in Romania
Romania: Compensation of employees was 19.0% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Compensation of employees in Romania, 1980–2022
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
The most recent figure for compensation of employees in Romania is 19.0%, measured in 2022.
That represents a change of down 8.9% on the previous year and up 33.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, compensation of employees in Romania peaked at 24.0% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 2.0%, in 1985.
Romania ranks 102nd of 155 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 43 years of available data.
Compensation of employees in Romania, year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 2.1% | — |
| 1981 | 2.4% | +18.7% |
| 1982 | 2.7% | +12.0% |
| 1983 | 3.0% | +8.9% |
| 1984 | 2.7% | -8.3% |
| 1985 | 2.0% | -25.8% |
| 1986 | 6.5% | +219.8% |
| 1987 | 6.6% | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 7.3% | +11.5% |
| 1989 | 7.4% | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 13.6% | +82.6% |
| 1991 | 21.1% | +55.6% |
| 1992 | 18.6% | -11.9% |
| 1993 | 21.1% | +13.6% |
| 1994 | 20.9% | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 22.4% | +7.3% |
| 1996 | 21.6% | -3.8% |
| 1997 | 16.1% | -25.4% |
| 1998 | 15.8% | -2.0% |
| 1999 | 21.1% | +33.7% |
| 2000 | 20.0% | -5.1% |
| 2001 | 16.0% | -20.1% |
| 2002 | 17.3% | +8.4% |
| 2003 | 17.4% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 17.4% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 18.8% | +7.8% |
| 2006 | 18.8% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 19.4% | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 20.8% | +7.1% |
| 2009 | 19.2% | -7.6% |
| 2010 | 17.5% | -8.9% |
| 2011 | 13.7% | -21.7% |
| 2012 | 14.2% | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 15.1% | +6.3% |
| 2014 | 14.4% | -4.4% |
| 2015 | 14.1% | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 16.9% | +20.1% |
| 2017 | 17.9% | +6.1% |
| 2018 | 23.4% | +30.7% |
| 2019 | 24.0% | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 22.3% | -7.3% |
| 2021 | 20.9% | -6.3% |
| 2022 | 19.0% | -8.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 4.3% | 2.0% | 7.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 19.2% | 13.6% | 22.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 18.5% | 16.0% | 20.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.1% | 13.7% | 24.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.7% | 19.0% | 22.3% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Romania
More public sector data for Romania
- Arms imports 278.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 14.59 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0007 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -19.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 278.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 457.48 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0228 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 54.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 8.72 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 1,495 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compensation of employees in Romania?
- Compensation of employees in Romania was 19.0% in 2022, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest compensation of employees recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 24.0% in 2019.
- What is the lowest compensation of employees recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.0% in 1985.
- How does Romania rank for compensation of employees?
- Romania ranks 102nd out of 155 countries with data for 2022.
- Is compensation of employees rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Romania data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Compensation of employees (% of expense). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Compensation of employees is defined as the total remuneration, in cash or in kind, payable by an enterprise to an employee in return for work done by the latter during the accounting period. This indicator is expressed as percentage of total expenses which is any decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction.